Closing device for doors.



G. W. STITES.

CLOSING DEVICE FOR DOORS.

APPLICATION FILED 111 .11.30, 1914. W

1,1 32,405. Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

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A TTOH/VEVS CHARLES W. STI'IES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOSING DEVICE FOR DOORS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs W. STITEs, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Man- The object ofthe invention is to provide 7 a new and improved device for closing thespace between the hinge side of the door and the jamb whether the dooris open or closed, thus preventing persons from peeping through the saidspace into the room, at the same time rendering the door air anddustproof at this point.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of a cylindricalcovering member provided at one side with an attaching flange adapted tobe secured to the face of the door adjacent the hinge side thereof, thesaid covering member having its vertical center line coinciding with theaxis of the door hinges.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a face view of the improvement as applied, the floor beingshown in section; Fig. 2 is an enlarged face view of the lower portionof the device as applied and with the door in closed position and thefloor shown in section; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same with thedoor in open position and the floor and door sill shown in crosssection; Fig. 4 is a sectional plan View of the same on the line 4-4: ofFig. 2; Fig. 5 is a similar view of the same on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2;and Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views of the members ofthe door hingein detached position.

The door A is mounted to swing in the door casing B, by the use of topand bottom hinges G, C, and the space between the hinge side of the doorA and the adjacent jamb of the door casing B is closed or covered by acylindrical covering D, made of sheet metal, wood or other suitablematerial and having an attaching flange D fastened by screws E or otherfastening means to the face of the door so that the covering D extendsfrom the top to the bottom of the door. The vertical center line of thecovering D coincides with the axis of the hinges Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

Application fi1ed March 30, 1914. Serial No. 828,238.

C, C so that when the door is swung open or closed the covering D closesthe space between the hinge side of the door A and the ad acent jamb ofthe door casing B.

In order to give a desired finish to the closing device use is made of atrimming strip F secured by screws or nails E to the door casing Badjacent the covering D and in peripheral contact with the same, asplainly indicated in Fig. 5. It will be noticed that this trimming stripF corresponds to the flange D of the covering D to enhance theappearance-0f the closing device and to make the same symmetricalWhether the door is open or closed. It will also be noticed that theattaching flange D is adapted to rest on the trimming strip F at thetime the door A is swung into open .position, thus limiting the openingmovement of the door A.

Each of the hinges C, C is preferably of the construction shown indetail in Figs. 6 and 7 that is, each hinge is provided with a pintle Cextending from a base C provided with attaching flanges C, C standing ata right angle, one relatively to the other. The flange O for the tophinge O is attached to the top cross rail of the door casing B while theflange C is attached to the jamb, and for the bottom hinge C the flangeC is attached to the jamb and the flange (1* to the floor'G under thesill H, as plainly indicated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. The pintle C isadapted to be engaged by a bearing C held on the forward edge of anattaching flange C from which extends at right angles a second attachingflange C The flanges O and C of the two hinges G and C are attached tothe door A, as plainly indicated in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4.

The upper and the lower ends of the tubular covering D fit over thebearings C of the hinges O and C, and the rear portions of the saidupper and lower ends of the covering D are out out, as indicated in Fig.4, to straddle the portion of the bearing adjacent the attaching flangesC on opening and closing the door.

It will be noticed that by the arrangement described a fine appearanceis given to the door at the hinged side thereof and at I the same timethe opening or space between the said hinge side and the jamb iscompletely covered whether the door is in an open or in a closedposition.

'Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A closing device for doors, comprising a vertically-disposedcylindrical covering 1 member provided at one side with an attach:

I flange.

2. A closing device for doors, comprising a vertically-disposedcylindrical covering member provided at one side with an attachingflange adapted to be secured to the face of the door adjacent the hingeside thereof, the said covering member having its vertical center linecoinciding with the aXis of the door hinges, the upper and lower ends ofthe said cylindrical member being out along the inner portions tostraddle the shanks of the hinge leaves attached to the door.

3. A closing device for doors, comprising a vertically-disposedcylindrical covering member provided at one side with an attachingflange adapted to be secured to the face of the door adjacent the hingeside thereof, the said covering member having its vertical center linecoinciding with the aXis of the door hinges, the upper and lower ends ofthe said cylindrical member fitting over the hinge ears and havingcut-out portions fitting the shanks of the said ears.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES W. STITES.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. TOMLINSON, JAS. A. KEHLBECK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

